Phone in, order online, or walk in and you will get your food quickly.

Home delivery in some Orange County locations after 5 p.m. (see website for locations)

Wok-tossed fresh food cooked to order.

Claim to fame: "We offer traditional and contemporary flavors and we continuously introduce new menu items such as Grilled Bourbon Chicken, Firecracker Chicken, Curry Shrimp, and our new Red Thai Stir Fry and Red Thai Noodle Bowls," said Linda Nelson, chief operating officer of Pick Up Stix/Stix Holdings LLC, parent company of the chain. "We are known for our famous House Special Chicken – a Pick Up Stix original and still our most popular dish."

The House Special Chicken is prepared with white wine, garlic, soy sauce and caramelized chunks of chicken. Other popular menu items include the Cream Cheese Wontons, Orange Peel Chicken, Mongolian Beef, Lemon Chicken and Beef and Broccoli.

Diners continue to flock to the chain for this and other menu items. Pick Up Stix is a leader in the quick-casual dining segment, with more than 70 locations in California. At each location, diners are allowed to watch their meal get cooked in an open-style kitchen. Nelson said Pick Up Stix strives to offer traditional Asian favorites "mixed with a touch of inspiration to give us our bold, unique flavors."

"We care about our guests and appreciate their business," said Nelson. "Hospitality is very important to us. Our guests are No. 1. We are inspired by our neighborhoods and appreciate the local aspect of our business. We get to know guests and many times we already know their order by the time they approach our counter."

Pick Up Stix also offers preplanned meal packages that can feed a crowd for less than $10 per person.

Did you know? Pick Up Stix opened its first location in San Clemente in 1990. Its predecessor is Stix, a full-service restaurant that opened in 1989 in Rancho Santa Margarita. So many people were requesting take-out food at Stix that owner Charlie Zhang decided to launch Pick Up Stix.

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